Conveying mechanism.



yAmmmw. CONVEYING MEGHANISM,

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 22, 1913.

Patntea Jan, 5, 1915.

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Application filed July 22, i913. Ecrit-1513@ YQiS'L are moved inte the drying room are placed transversely oi the erililes as they are more easily interi from the eahles when so placed,

but in retnrniiV the empty palletsto the tliet l lernen (l. Dorm, n i iited Itates, and a. resident lovelzinih county of (l nyahogaf, and State lii i. have inventeffl a nonv and usi-fnl press it is iinmfit .vl Whether they are dis- ;no nt in (.onveying lelei'xhanisin.j of posed transversely or longitudinally on the 'ivliieh the "fll a. specification, the cables, .nd in order to permit the shelves iirineiple ol ion l'leingg; herein in. the drying' room to be located closer to plainerl und e .l-est inode in which l have the eonveyer5 it is usually desiilfhle to reu le emileoiplated applying that piineiple, so as turn the pallets longitudinally and to nor- 'to il nriisli it 'from other inventions. rovv the space between the tv-.fo cables which The bjeet o" the 'oi-osent invention is 'a ere used. Et is, of course, en easy metter to new and improved eoole Conveyor adapted lead the outgoing cables around a plurality paath'mlarly to use in coin'ieetion with eariyet suitably disposed sheaves thnt these l5 jong bi'ieli'. although it is of course by no cables will return below' the ont-going eons liniited to such a use, as will be bles and closer to each other, l3nt it has been .ily seen :from the liollovving description found that il 4the cables ere con inuelly oi the saine. hent :is they ninst necessarily he it they are To the acconiplisliment of the foregoing led over a neniber of sheaves in order to 3l? and related ends, said invert-ion, then, eonnarrow the space between them on 'their ie sists of 'the ineens hereinafter fully detarn, that they wear very rapidly and break scribed and particularly pointed ont in the alter e short period oie use. elaiins. The present invention7 therelire7 has to rlfhe annexed drawings and the following do with ineens for returning the cables, 25 description set forth in detail certain n'ieehwhich are eontinllons, at e lower elevation anisni einbody'in the invention, snob disthan the outgoing cable and closer together elosetl ineans coiititnting, however, but .one thus permitting :i inneh closer spacing of of various mechanical lfo'iins in which the the eoiiveyer to the shelves in the drying yn'ineiple ot the inventiiin may be used. room, and at the suine time lengthening the 3G ln seid :inne/bied drawings:M-Fignnfe l a life ot' the cables by several years.

plan view o't' a eoi'iveying mechanism in ln Fig. l l show the main eonveyer eonwhich niy invention is embi'idiefl; Fig. 2 is of eables i and 2 which are suitably a side elevation olI the seine; F 3 is an supported and operated over the Lipper surend elevationol' said mechanism; and l? faces of vertically disposed but horizontally fl? shows a le/'ail of the coiistinetion. alined sheaves 3, sueh sl'ieaves being rotalt is customary in handling brick which tably mounted in pairs upon suitable standhave just been pressed in the usual pressing aids or ln'neliets. The ealilesl and -which machine to convey the saine upon a straight, operate over the sheaves in the main eenhoi'izontally moving conveyor consisting oi veyer are of eonrse continuons, and are iezi plm'alily ol' cables. usually two, olieia'ting turned at loiver elevation but vertically fver vertically mounted and alinerl sheaves beneath the outgoing part of the cable. rEhe :ind to transfer .he pallets upon ivliiiV i the drying rooms are located et one side or vthe molded brick are placed i'roni the inain eonmoin conveyer, and e transverse conveyor is Voyer to a. suitable transverse eonveyer provided for each room, sneh conveyor be- 15 which will remove the saine to the drying ing substantially at right :ingles tothe main iooins where the pallets may be lifted from eonveyer, and consisting of horizontally the eonv'eyer and placed npoi'iesuitable elined hieekets or standards 5, upon the shelves, usually :formed ot steam pipesv1 upon upper Vouter sides of which are mountel roy which the bricks are lelit to dry during a tatably pairs of sheaves 7, over which operl) considerable period. ate continuous cables 22. l

lt is nsnal for the operator who removes A right-angle gravity conveyor or roll e the pallets upon which are the newly molded is provided et the intersection of the mein brick to place a pallet upon a returning and transverse conveyers und is adapted to 5r conveyor, thus always 'providing e supply receive the pallets moving on the main eonel? pellets at the The palle-ts as they veyei: end te transport the seme onto the l described.

transverse conveyer while maintaining the pallets transversely of the latter conveyer. The construction of this gravity rollv is of little importance in the present connection, but it may beflescribed briefly as consisting of two curved downwardly extending tracks. Y

the cables beneath and vertically betweenthe outgoing cables, such lower cables serving to return the pallets to the main con veyer in a manner which will hereinafter be brackets are other sheaves'lS spaced from each other but closer together than the sheaves 7 in the upper line.

Instead of using a number of variously disposed sheaves to direct or lead such cables to the returning sheaves'S which are rotatably mounted upon the inside of the brackets 5, 'I provide a single pair of comparatively large sized sheaves 20 which are mounted at an oblique angle to the plane of the outgoing conveyer and have their upper surfaces substantially in line with the upper surfaces of the upper or outgoing sheaves, such large sheaves having their lower surfaces substantially in line with the upper surfaces of the lower lines of sheaves, and it will be noticed that such end sheaves are disposed at a substantial distance from the nearest of the sheaves in the brackets.

The cables are returned upon the lower sheaves, the brackets being provided with angle irons 12 which are mounted parallel and horizontally alined with the returning cables, such angle irons serving ,to keep the pallets in position upon'the cables and to prevent the same from'sliding oif the cables at any point in thereturning line. The returning cables are directed downwardly at a point adjacent to the main conveyor, and a gravityA roll 13 is provided toreceive the pallets and to transfer the same to thereturning main conveyer, the cables on the transverse conveyor being led over sheaves 14 at'the other side of the said conveyor.

The sheaves 14: are of large size and are Y placed vertically in order that they may be simultaneously operated by 'a single shaft 21. distance from each other as the sheaves 7 and are alined therewith.' .lt is, therefore necessary to provide means for leading the cables 22 from the nearest adjacent pair Vof sheaves in the lower line to the lower surfaces of the sheaves 12. In order to prevent any sharp bends in the cables the sheavesv 1li are'placed at a considerable distance from the end sheaves 24 in the lower hne and a single pau' lof sheaves 25 1s disposed be- Upon the inner sides of the These sheaves are spaced at the same' tween the sheaves '14 and the sheaves 24.'

By the provision of this long lead the cables work attached to the tracks, such framework also carrying rollers 16 slightly spaced 4from the lower rollers but alined there-l with. The upper andlower rollers are spaced to permit a pallet to just pass therebetween and/serve to maintain the pallet in va substantially horizontal position until the same has been shot out over the returning cables of the main conveyer. The gravity roll is at an angle adapted to give the returningpallets sullicient speed to carry them across the main conveyor and against a bumper or stop 18. Upon striking this stop the pallets drop downward upon the returning cables of the main conveyer are thus returned' to the press where they may be either removed by an operator or stacked by suitable mechanisinfor further use-ru The operation of the device will be clear from the foregoing description, but it may be advisable to briefly summarize the operation at this point. AEach pallet 17, as 1t is carried by the main conveyer, extends trans Yvcrsely of the same and on its upper surface carries a number of newly molded brick 2T. This pallet with its load is shunted to a transverse conveyor but is maintained in the salue position with .respect tothe cables of the latter, so' that :is it passes into the drying room van operator may conveniently grasp either cnd o'f the pallet and place the'.` same upon the shelves in the drying plant.

After he has placed a loaded pallet on the shelves he places an empty pallet between the angle irons in the lower part of the standards through which the cables pass, and this pallet is picked up and is carried longitudinally by the returning cables until it strikes the gravity roll which controls its passage onto the returning cables of the main conveyer.

1t has been found that by returning the cables of the transverse conveyer in the present manner, and by thus eliminating all laterally disposed sheaves to direct the Crt cables, that the life of the cables has been very materially increased, there being but slight wear on the same and nostrain except in one direction` siderable strain' and bending so long as the strain which is impressed upon the same is not reversed too far. .The present invention takes this well known fact into account, and the cables are never bent reversely nor It is, of course, well known that a cable or wire w1ll stand consharply. which is the canse of their increased life.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed instead of he one explained, change being made as regards the mechanism herein disclosed. provided the means stated by any7 of the following;- clainis or the equivalent ot' such stated means be employed.

l therefore lnirticnlarl;I point ont and disc tinctlv claim as my invention l. in a cable eonvever. the combination with a plurality of pairs of sheaves, the sheaves in each of such pairs being spaced a given distance apart. two continuons cables operating in parallel on said sheaves, and other pairs of sheaves disposed in a line substantiallv parallel to the line of said rst-nained sheaves. the sheaves in eaehoo't snch lastnained pairs being' spaced a less distance than the sheaves in snch first-named pairs; ot two sheaves. each heineV disposed to have one face in line with the operatingr face ot' said lirstnamed and said last -nani'ed sheaves. said two sheaves leading.r said cable troni said iirstinuned to saidr lastaiamed sheaves.

ln a cable convever. the combination withn pluralitv of sheaves disposed in two parallel horizontal lines. the sheaves being vertiallv disposed. two continuons cables operating over the upper sides of saidsheaves. and a plurality of other sheaves also disposed in two horizontal lines. the plane of sach two lines being parallel to the plane of sneh first-named two lines. said second lines being"r disposedbelow and verti .'alllv between sach firstA two lines; of two sheaves mounted at the end ot' such four lines. each of said two sheaves having its opper surface snbstantiallv alined with the opper snr-fares of' one of said first-named linesot sheaves and its lower surfaces sul stantiall'v alined with the upper surfaces of the corresponding last named line of sheaves.

Il. In a cable convever. the combination with two p-.irallel' lines of sheaves, the shA ves in one otl said lines being more lv spaced than those in the other lines. eoniinmnis cables leading over said two lines nl sheaves. and means adapted to return -said able Atroia one end of one line to the wrrespoinling end oiC said other line; of

another pair of sheaves disposed at the other end of said lines, said sheaves being alined with the sheaves in said widely spaced line. and a pair of sheaves disposed between said other sheaves and the nearest adjacent sheaves in said narrowly spaced line. said cables returning from one line of sheaves to the other over said other and said last-named sheaves.

4. In a cable convever, the con'ibinat-ion with two parallel lines of sheaves. the

vsheaves in one of said lines being more widel)v spaced than those in the other lines. continuons cables leadingr over said two lines ot sheaves. and means adapted to retnrn said cables troni one end of one line to the correspondingT end of saitl other lil e; or" another pair ol` sheaves disposed at the other end ot said lines and spaced a considerable distance from the nearest pairs of sheaves in said two lines. said last-named pair of sheaves being alined with the 'sheaves in said widelj,Y spaced line` and a pair ot' sheaves disposed between said other sheaves and the nearest adjacent sheaves in said narrowl)Y spaced line. said cables returning from one line of sheaves to the other over said other and said last-named sheaves.

in a Cable convever. the combination with two horizontall;v disposed lines of sheaves'. one above the other. the sheaves bein;r disposed in pairs and the sheaves in the opper line being' more widely spaced than those in the lower line. continuons cables leadingr over said two lines of sheaves. and means adapted 'to return said cables from -said opper line to said lower line; of a pair of sheaves disposed at the other end of said lines and a considerable distance therefrom. said end sheaves being alined with said widelv spaced sheaves in said upper line; and another pair ot tween said end sheaves and said lines. said last-named sheaves being spaced a less dis tance apart than said widel \Y spaced sheaves and a greater distance than said narrowly spaced sheaves and being' adaptedto lead said cables from said lower sheaves to said Signed bv lne. this 10th day ot' Ji1l v.l%l2l.

ARTHUR O. DPUY. ttested b v- H. B. FAY, Maar GLADWELL. 

